HOUSTON, TEXAS·2022-08-09

American Vegetable Soybean & Edamame, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at American Vegetable Soybean & Edamame, Inc., 3818 Ardale Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77063 on 2022-08-09, Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was trying to redistribute the load on his trailer by adjusting/sliding the tandem wheels on the rear of the trailer. He started to pull the air release valve to release the pins, lost his balance, and had to put his hand on the tandem frame rail. The rail system caught and amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

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